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On 10/2/07, Roy Marples <uberlord@g.o> wrote: |
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> > I accept the argument for initscripts, since an embedded system is not |
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> > likely to have bash. But for compile-time (which shouldn't happen on an |
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> > embedded target) there simply isn't any real benefit to end-users that I |
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> > can see. |
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> The benefit is that our portage tree uses an accepted standardised |
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> syntax. bash is just a standard to itself. |
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How many Gentoo devs are familiar with Bash syntax? All of them. |
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How many are familiar with the more obscure POSIX sh syntax? A few. |
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Migrating Gentoo's init scripts, eclasses, and ebuilds -- though not |
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necessarily all of them -- over to POSIX sh syntax requires all Gentoo |
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devs to know the rules of sh just to be able to continue contributing |
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to Gentoo without breaking stuff. This will also put off more casual |
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contributors who work through proxy maintainerships, Sunrise, and |
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Bugzilla. |
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Then you'll need to ensure that all official documentation accomodates |
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sh syntax, including the ebuild quiz. (And what about the poor folks |
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at the Gentoo wiki?) |
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Add these concerns to the technical objections already raised, and the |
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touted benefits of your proposal are overwhelmed by the amount of work |
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it would create and the disruption it will cause to Gentoo |
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development. |
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